decline vs suffer

suffer vs decline

decline is a noun but suffer is not a noun.

decline and suffer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decline	Yes	No	Yes	No
suffer	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, suffer is a hyponym of decline; that is, suffer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decline:

decline: grow worse
suffer: get worse in quality

Other hyponyms of decline include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, lose, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

decline (noun)	suffer (noun)
a downward slope or bend
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (verb)	suffer (verb)
grow smaller	be in pain
grow worse	undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
show unwillingness towards	feel unwell or uncomfortable
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.	get worse in quality
go down	be set at a disadvantage
fall in value	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
not accept as true	experience (emotional) pain
	feel physical pain
	undergo or be subjected to
	undergo or suffer
	be given to

Difference between decline and suffer

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